buyAAmiles®, giftAAmilesSM and shareAAmiles® programs' Terms & Conditions

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General:

By completing and submitting the buyAAmiles / giftAAmiles / shareAAmiles program purchase form or by providing your credit card number for the purchase of AAdvantage miles, you acknowledge and accept the Terms and Conditions stated herein, as such Terms and Conditions may change, from time to time.

As a Member, you acknowledge and accept that the purchase and use of AAdvantage miles are subject to the rules, regulations, terms and conditions of the AAdvantage program, published from time-to-time, and available at www.aa.com. AAdvantage program rules, regulations, terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

American Airlines reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to approve or disapprove the participation of any AAdvantage member ("Member") in the AAdvantage program's buyAAmiles® / giftAAmilesSM / shareAAmiles® programs. AAdvantage accounts less than 14 days old are not permitted to Buy, Share or Gift Miles.

If you purchase between 12am and 9pm the miles usually post that same evening, (overnight). However, please allow 24-72 hours for the AAdvantage miles purchased under the buyAAmiles or giftAAmiles programs to be posted to your AAdvantage account. Allow 3 business days for the AAdvantage miles transferred under the shareAAmiles program to be posted to the recipient's AAdvantage account. You can check your balance online by logging on to www.aa.com. You may check the status of your transaction at any time at Transaction Search. buyAAmiles and giftAAmiles transactions are non-refundable, non-transferable and non-exchangeable. shareAAmiles transactions are non-refundable and non-transferable. Other terms may apply.

Your submission of a buyAAmiles or giftAAmiles purchase, or a shareAAmiles transfer form authorizes American Airlines, or its agent, to charge the credit card that you provided, for the number of AAdvantage miles purchased by such AAdvantage member. All charges for purchases and related handling fees for AAdvantage miles purchased through this website should appear on your monthly credit card statement. In the event of any mileage or financial discrepancy, payment calculations under shall be based upon data maintained by American or its agent.

The AAdvantage miles purchased through the buyAAmiles or giftAAmiles programs, or transfered through the shareAAmiles program will not expire, provided the person receiving miles earn or redeem miles at least once every eighteen (18) months.

The website is managed by Points.com and all online purchases of AAdvantage miles are processed by Points.com. American Airlines reserves the right, at any time and in its sole discretion, to manage the website and/or process Members' online purchases, or to use any other service provider to do so.

Please review our other policies. -Privacy and Legal Information- found on this site. These policies also govern your visit to this site. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Terms and Conditions at any time. In particular, we reserve the right to change the price and other terms and conditions relating to the purchase, gifting or tranfer of miles on this website, or discontinue offering such miles, without prior notice. If any of the Terms and Conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or unenforceable, such term or condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

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buyAAmiles® and giftAAmilesSM programs' Terms & Conditions

Each AAdvantage member is limited to purchasing or receiving, in a calendar year, a combined total of no more than eighty thousand (80,000) AAdvantage miles. Miles purchased through the buyAAmiles program, received as a gift through the giftAAmiles program, or transferred as part of the shareAAmiles program count against this total. The miles purchased with the buyAAmiles program and received with the giftAAmiles program or transferred with the shareAAmiles program do not count towards AAdvantage Gold, AAdvantage Platinum, AAdvantage Executive Platinum or Million MilerSM status qualification.

Any AAdvantage miles purchased in excess of such amount will not be posted to the member's account, regardless whether payment has been remitted for such AAdvantage miles, and American Airlines has no obligation to reimburse such remitted amounts.

All AAdvantage miles are sold in US dollars.

ALL AMOUNTS CHARGED TO MEMBERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF MILES INCLUDE U.S. FEDERAL EXCISE TAX (CURRENTLY SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT (7.5%) AND ARE SUBJECT TO A TRANSACTION PROCESSING FEE. THE PER TRANSACTION PROCESSING FEE FOR THE PURCHASE OF MILES IS $35. THE PER TRANSACTION PROCESSING FEE FOR THE GIFTING OF MILES IS $35. When purchasing miles, American will remit excise tax to the U.S. Government on behalf of the Member. Amounts charged also include Canadian GST/HST as applicable. All amounts paid by the Member under this Agreement are exclusive of other sales, use or privilege taxes, or tax-like charges, fees or similar liabilities.


shareAAmiles® program Terms & Conditions

Using the shareAAmiles program, each AAdvantage member is limited to receiving no more than one hundred thousand (100,000) AAdvantage miles, and may transfer no more than one hundred thousand (100,000) AAdvantage miles out of their AAdvantage account in a calendar year. Any AAdvantage miles transferred in excess of such amount will not be posted to the member's account, regardless whether payment has been remitted for such AAdvantage miles, and American Airlines has no obligation to reimburse such remitted amounts. The miles purchased with the buyAAmiles program and received with the giftAAmiles program or transferred with the shareAAmiles program do not count towards AAdvantage Gold, AAdvantage Platinum, AAdvantage Executive Platinum or Million MilerSM status qualification.

The Mileage Transfer Cost is listed in US dollars.

ALL AMOUNTS CHARGED TO MEMBERS FOR THE SHARING OF MILES INCLUDE A TRANSACTION PROCESSING FEE OF $20. All amounts paid by the Member under this Agreement are exclusive of other sales, use or privilege taxes, or tax-like charges, fees or similar liabilities.